Molecular differentiation of schizoaffective disorder from schizophrenia usingBDNFhaplotypes
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Molecular differentiation of schizoaffective disorder from schizophrenia using BDNF haplotypes.
BACKGROUND Allelic variation in the gene encoding brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been associated with affective disorders, but generally not schizophrenia. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor variants may help clarify the status of schizoaffective disorder. AIMS To test the hypothesis that BDNF haplotypes are associated with psychiatric illness marked by a prominent affective comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.050401